Calling Evil What It Is

The world is trying to comprehend why Andreas Lubitz did what he did. There are explanations floating around the world, all of them dealing with his mental state. What is not being said, is that Lubitz had been prescribed, and was allegedly taking medications that other individuals who have committed mass murder have been taking. That alone is chilling. What is even more terrifying is the theory about the medication and break with reality is not being taken seriously. When something walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, lays an egg like a duck, and looks like a duck – well, it’s a duck. We’re dealing with a duck here, and no one wants to recognize it as a duck.

“…It is now confirmed that Andreas Lubitz was taking psychiatric medications. He underwent 18 months of “psychiatric treatment” and mind-altering medications have now been found in his home by law enforcement authorities. The Mirror (UK) is now reporting that “Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz ‘suffered burnout or depression’ a few years ago, a former classmate has claimed.”

The reported behavior of Andrea Lubitz is eerily similar to SSRI-drug-induced school shooters who carried out mass murders in the United States (see detailed list below). In case after case, school shooters have been found to either be on prescription antidepressant drugs or recently taken off them, causing withdrawal side effects.

What U.S. school shootings and the Germanwings mass murder have in common is a dissociation from reality where individuals often think they are “playing a video game” and don’t realize their actions are literally harming other people in the real world…”

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The medications the young pilot were taking have been known to cause a break with reality. The FAA has banned pilots from taking these meds in the US. We need to be honest here. Millions of people have taken these medications without doing something truly horrific, but sometimes a duck is just that. Global Research has a list of individuals who have committed mass murder while on various medications. The list is chilling. BUT – the same profile fits, that they are basically psychopaths

Or – are we dealing with pure evil? It is much easier to explain something in the terms of blaming medication someone is taking than just stating that he/she was evil. From the medication list I heard on CNN, we may have been dealing with someone who was having a psychotic break with reality. The meds he was taking have not been used here, for years. Anne Skomorowsky, writing in Salon gets it right.

“…Was Andreas Lubitz depressed? We don’t know; a torn-up doctor’s note and bottles of pills don’t tell us much. Most people who commit suicide suffer from a mental illness, most commonly depression. But calling his actions suicidal is misleading. Lubitz did not die quietly at home. He maliciously engineered a spectacular plane crash and killed 150 people. Suicidal thoughts can be a hallmark of depression, but mass murder is another beast entirely….”

There is another chilling statistic, which would make anyone paranoid to fly. This is not the first mass murder by pilot.

November 2013 when Mozambique Airlines Flight TM470 crashed in a remote area of Namibia

EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed off New England in 1999, killing 217 people

SilkAir flight 185 in Indonesia in 1997, which killed 104. In 1994

In 1994, Royal Air Moroc flight 630 which crashed shortly after takeoff into Morocco’s Atlas Mountains in 1994, killing 44

What Andreas Lubitz did was evil. We don’t like ‘evil’. We don’t like to define something or someone as evil. It is far too simplistic. By refusing to acknowledge that evil exists, and try to explain it as something else does more harm than good. A person who is depressed is probably not even suicidal. Quite often, when a person is suicidal it is a cry for help. A depressed person who is suicidal is almost never going to do anyone else harm. To make this a witch hunt against people who are depressed, and function in the world, is almost as evil as the actions of Lubitz.

A person who commits mass murder is basically the same personality as a serial killer – a narcissistic psychopath with massive anti-social tendencies. They live a lie, masking who they are. They can be charming, highly functional individuals until they snap. Then they start killing. Why is this concept so difficult to grasp?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SJ Reidhead (aka The Pink Flamingo) is a writer based in New Mexico. The author of two published novels, both westerns: Dust Devil and The Second Mrs. Earp and two published works of non-fictions: TRAVESTY: Frank Waters Earp Agenda Exposed and A Church for Helldorado, Endicott Peabody's 1882 Tombstone Diary. One of the leading authorities on the life of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone during the Earp years, she is writing a series of murder mysteries set in modern day Tombstone. The author is also working on a book about fashion in the Wild West. When complete, there will be over 2100 unpublished antique photographs dating from 1855-1910.

The author's work has appeared in Wild West, True West, Blogcritics, and The Tombstone Times. Recently the author has had to deal with a father who succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. This is leading to a book dealing with the frustrations of dealing with the frustrations of the disease, finance, legal, health-care, and things no one bothers telling families about it. A portion of the book will contain entries from a blog she kept, detailing the struggle with her father's AD. She is also working on a murder mystery series set in modern day Tombstone and Cochise County. Several books of essays on Christian living are currently in edits. A book of essays and revisions of articles about Wyatt Earp has been completed and will include her latest work detailing her theory about the murder of his second wife, Mattie.

SJ Reidhead has been involved in Republican politics since she was 'a little kid'. During the Reagan years she was a lobbyist working with various non-profit organizations who were attempting to salvage NASA and the American space program after the disastrous Carter years. In spite of ups and downs, and numerous disappointments, politically, it is obvious the only political hope for this country is via the Republican Party. Along with politics she is an opera fanatic, has been known to stalk baritones to the point of being a baritone junkie, and loves baseball.

The Pink Flamingo went on line on October 4, 2005.

THE PINK FLAMINGO STORY

It started out as a joke. During the seven years I worked with the girls of my parish, leading a youth group, one of the things that I stressed were manners. Part of having manners, the way I see it, is to know how to set a proper table, host a party, cater it, and clean up afterward. I was fortunate enough to have a group of very talented girls in my youth group. They learned how to plan for, and execute large church functions, very properly. During one such function I noticed there were several incredibly tacky pink flamingos sitting on the table. Knowing the girls were up to something, I said nothing. A few months later they did the same thing at a function I was hosting at my home. I said nothing. They had a birthday party for me. More pink flamingos appeared - and a joke was born.

Thanks to the girls, all of whom are now grown, I have a collection of pink flamingos. It has become an ongoing joke. When I began working on my political blog, I realized the only possibly title was The Pink Flamingo!